Summer Food Service Program

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Summer Food Service Program

• Food Thats In When School Is Out

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Background

• Provides free, nutritious meals to low-income
  children
• Children must be 18 years and under
• Operates when school is not in session
• Federally funded program that is administered
  through State agencies

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Help is Needed

• 16 million eligible children for SFSP
• Only 2 million children receive SFSP meals
• Low participation in rural areas
• We need more Sponsors

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Program Benefits

• Provides nutritious meals to needy children
• Gives children the food they need to learn, play
  and grow
• Helps families stretch their food-buying dollar
• Keeps children mentally engaged so they return to
  school, ready to learn

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Meal Service

• Two meals per child, per day
• Any combination of two meals may be claimed
  except lunch and supper
• Camps and migrant sites may claim up to 3 meals
  per day
• Meals must meet USDA standards

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SFSP Operations - State

• Signs an agreement directly with sponsoring
  organizations
• Provides training and technical assistance to all
  sponsoring organizations
• Monitors sponsoring organizations operation

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Sponsoring Organizations

• Accept financial and administrative
  responsibility
• Must be capable of managing a food service
• Sponsors
• Train and monitor sites
• Arrange for meals
• Oversee site operations
• Complete paperwork
• Submit claims for reimbursement

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Sponsoring Organizations

• Community and faith-based organizations
• Private non-profit organizations
• Local governments
• Schools
• College or university participating the National
  Youth Sports Program
• Migrant centers
• Indian Reservations

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Feeding Sites

• Park
• Pools
• Community or Rec Centers
• Churches
• Playgrounds
• Housing projects
• Camps
• Schools
• Migrant centers
• Libraries

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Site Types

• Open site All children in an eligible area eat
  free without the need of additional paperwork,
• Enrolled site All children enrolled in an
  eligible program eat free, as demonstrated by
  household income applications

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Site Eligibility

• Area Eligibility
• 50 or more of the children in a school service
  area qualify for Free or Reduced-Price School
  meals, based on school or census data
• Household Income Applications
• Each child must return an application to the
  sponsor
• 50 must be eligible for Free or Reduced-Price
  meals

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Two Exceptions

• Camps - Residential and non-residential camps
  collect household income applications. Only
  meals served to children eligible for free or
  reduced-priced are reimbursed.
• Migrant Sites Obtain certification from a
  migrant organization that meals are served
  primarily to children of migrant workers.

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Reimbursements

• Operating costs
• Meals
• Food supplies
• Labor
• Administrative costs
• Paperwork costs
• Additional reimbursement for
• Sites in rural areas
• Sites that prepare their own meals

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What You Can Do

• Become a Sponsor
• Supervise a feeding site
• Oversee activity programs at feeding sites
• Provide meals to feeding sites, if you have meal
  preparation facilities

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Groups to Contact

• Mayors office
• County extension agent
• Boys and Girls Club
• Salvation Army
• Police and Fire Departments
• Rotary Clubs, and the like
• Libraries

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Keys to Success

• Creative and fun activities for kids and teens
• Develop partnerships
• Involve parents
• Be resourceful and innovative
• Identify Local Champion(s)

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Getting Started

• Contact your State, which can be found on our
  website
• http//www.summerfood.usda.gov
• Then select Contacts